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UNFPA to help fight gender violence in Rohingya camps

FE DESK | November 21, 2019 00:00:00


The UNFPA Bangladesh and the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) have signed an agreement to implement the gender-based violence component of the World Bank-funded "Emergency Multi-sector Rohingya Crisis Response" project.

The project aims to improve socio-economic and disaster resilience while improving basic facilities and community services, in target districts, the UNFPA said in a statement.

The component of the project is US$8.0 million. And the overall project size is $165 million. This project "speaks not only to the importance of addressing GBV, but also to the importance of harnessing the potential of young people in supporting local development," said Eiko Narita, officer-in-charge of the UNFPA.


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